Sentence examples for temptation to ask from inspiring English sources

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At a time of dismay over democratic dysfunction, the temptation to ask courts to supplant self-governance runs high.

Koufax wound up shutting out the Twins in the seventh game, resisting the temptation to ask the writer if his words and those matzoh balls tasted similar.

What I remember feeling was an incredible temptation to ask my father a question as he delightedly described these traps, and at the same time a huge and consuming but amorphous and nameless fear that prevented my asking the question.

Sato's visit is almost ended when the author gives in to the temptation to ask him what he was doing when the war ended 20 years ago this summer.

His is likable stuff, though, a memorable performance on Later… with Jools Holland last year introducing many of us to Kiwanuka's guitar-strap-and-woolly-jumper aesthetic; his modest, uncluttered lyrics; a baritone so rich and ripe and sage-sounding there's a temptation to ask him – this 25-year-old!

In this case there is no temptation to ask when the light 'gets' from one bulb to the next or in analogy how the body moves from one location to the next.

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However, such interviews are open to potential bias because of the temptations to ask leading questions to retrieve the responses researchers wanted.

The temptation is to ask: where next?

He might choose to catch us by surprise, but the obvious temptation is to ask one of the big questions that leaves Brown squirming.

While the temptation is to ask for M&Ms with all the brown ones taken out or something cute and indie like a stamped postcard to send your girlfriend, the best thing to do is to ask for sandwich materials.

The temptation here is to ask a question, such as "what is dolly doing" or "what is dolly drinking".

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